I loved this from the moment I first heard it. First of all, I'm a big fan of Jose James. His voice and style are matched by great production on almost all of his tracks. This time, James produces a rich, full jazz sound himself. What grabbed my attention right off the bat- the "If You Want Me To Stay" bass line. Love this track... Trouble (Single) (Jose James, Oct 2011)
I've always liked jazz music because it makes me slightly uncomfortable. When you watch a good, live jazz performance, you've seen how uncontrollably contorted the bassist's face gets when he really feels that groove. His eyes are shut, his lips are vertically aligned with his nose, his body is moving almost spastically. It's a bit uncomfortable. The vocalist, the keyboardist, the drummer, the trombone player - they all take on that look of sheer retardation, slayed by the sound of their own music. But that's what I also like about jazz. When the vocalist reaches and holds [...]
The homie Gedi hipped us to this new Jose James track, " Trouble ", last month when he posted footage of the soul/jazz-man performing the track live. And since then, we've been dying to hear more from James. The wait has been more than worth it as we're now hearing a fucking great remix of "Trouble" by Oh No . Yes, that Oh No. The same Oh No who shares a last name with Madlib and is one half of Gangrene with the Alchemist. Oh No is certainly showing [...]
Jazz artist Jose James drops his new single Trouble, after debuting it in the AllSaints Session I dropped a few weeks back. Just love this dude, voice is smooth as anything. Cop it on iTunes here.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
About a month ago a few videos emerged of José James performing songs from his upcoming album No Beginning, No End. Today he has released the single of one of those songs titled Trouble. Check
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